One of the boy’s schoolmates is an emerging artist. I enjoy following her on social media as she posts her finished art pieces. One of them caught my eye. It is of a young woman reading among a library of books. I commissioned her to make a piece that 1) looked like a younger version of me, and 2) had the titles of the books that Rory Gilmore read in the TV series, “The Gilmore Girls”. The top graphic is the original version. The bottom graphic is the commissioned piece. I love it and will treasure it.
We live in a courtyard condo that has a total of four units. The other three units are short term rentals. We met a lovely family who rented one of the units for a month. The dad was walking their dog while David was walking ours. They ended up talking quite a bit and did a coffee walk and talk. I did the same with Michela (wife/mom) and we clicked immediately. On their last night, we did a spontaneous family visit on the beach. A couple bottles of wine and snacks, then pizza on the beach. Michela made a campfire. I think it was her first time to do so. I was extremely impressed.
We had a little bit of a scare. David and John went to get pizza. They walked a block off the beach to the pizza place. Ryan decided to join them and left, but did not tell us he was leaving. Allie (our Yorkie) followed Ryan. Ryan did not know she followed him. We realised Ryan wasn’t there and neither was Allie. We started calling for Allie. I was hoping Ryan had her. Then, a man came on to the beach. It was dark, but I could tell he was holding something in his arms. I hoped it was Allie. It was. He said he saw her up on the street. She must have lost track of Ryan. Everything happened too fast for me to have it sink in to panic, but it was scary looking back. We all learned something that night.
A big storm came through and flooded some nearby towns. This is Nehalem. The other photo is of some of the king tides. Photo does not do the waves justice. They are pretty impressive.
Alex inherited his love for shellfish from me. It’s one of our collective love languages. We picked up some oysters from Pacific Seafood in Bay City. Always a treat!
Here are some photos of my wonderful little bro, Devin, and his girlfriend Amy. I am so happy to see him so happy. She is a precious addition to his life, and to our family.
This will go down as the most unique holiday to date. Due to Covid, we did not host or visit anyone. We spent Christmas in Manzanita. Quiet, with Facetime and Zoom with family.
Simple decorations.
Beautiful holiday floral bouquet by the talented Laurie at Cannon Beach Cottage Flowers
One of the stocking stuffers Alex got was a sour dill pickle gummy candy. Nasty!
David made the awesome turkey dinner he had made for Thanksgiving again. It was such a treat.
The boys collaborated with Dad to get me this lovely mulberry coloured Kate Spade purse! A picture of Allie being the cutie she is…
Life in transition. The closing of one chapter and the beginning of another. Our homeschool days are over. On to college! Dividing our time between California and Oregon. CALIFOREGON LIVING!
